Bishop of Penrith
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The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal
title used by a suffragan bishop
of the Church of England
Diocese of Carlisle
, in the Province of York
, England
. The title takes its name from the town of Penrith
in Cumbria
and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
.
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Episcopal polity
Episcopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...
title used by a suffragan bishop
Suffragan bishop
A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...
of the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Diocese of Carlisle
Diocese of Carlisle
The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Celtic descent in the area looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Æthelwold, formerly the king's confessor and now prior of the Augustinian priory at...
, in the Province of York
Province of York
The Province of York is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England, and consists of 14 dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man. York was elevated to an Archbishopric in 735 AD: Ecgbert of York was the first archbishop...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The title takes its name from the town of Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....
in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an Act of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan bishops in England and Wales...
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List of the Bishops of Penrith
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 1537 | 1539 | John Bird John Bird (bishop) John Bird was an English Carmelite monk and bishop.He was Warden of the Carmelite house in Coventry, and twice Provincial of his order. He attracted the attention of Henry VIII by his preaching in favour of the royal supremacy over the Church.... |
Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another... to Bangor Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire... , and later to Chester Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.The diocese expands across most of the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, including the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral... . |
| 1539 | 1888 | in abeyance | |
| 1888 | 1889 | John Pulleine | Appointed for the diocese of Ripon. His suffragan title was changed by Royal Warrant to Richmond Bishop of Richmond (Anglican) The Bishop of Richmond was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon, in the Province of York, England. The title took its name after the town of Richmond in North Yorkshire. First bishop, John James Pulleine, was originally created the suffragan Bishop... in 1889. |
| 1889 | 1939 | in abeyance | |
| 1939 | 1944 | Grandage Edwards Powell Grandage Edwards Powell Grandage Edwards Powell was an Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born on 20 November 1882 into a clerical family and educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1906... |
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| 1944 | 1959 | Herbert Turner | |
| 1959 | 1966 | Cyril Bulley Cyril Bulley (bishop) The late Right Reverend Sydney Cyril Bulley was born on 12 June 1907 and educated at the University of Durham. He began his ministry as a curate at Newark and was then successively Vicar of Worksop, Rural Dean of Mansfield, Director of Religious Education within the Diocese of Carlisle and... |
Translated to Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District... |
| 1967 | 1970 | Reginald Foskett Reginald Foskett Reginald Foskett was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Penrith in the modern era . Born in 1909 he was educated at Derby School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained priest in 1933. After Curacies at Gedling and Mansfield he was Rector at Ordsall followed by service as Rural Dean of Ilkeston... |
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| 1970 | 1979 | Edward Pugh | |
| 1979 | 1994 | George Hacker | |
| 1994 | 2002 | Richard Garrard Richard Garrard Richard Garrard was the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era. He was born on 24 May 1937 and educated at Northampton Grammar School and King's College London.Ordained in 1962 he began his career with a Curacy in Woolwich and was then successively a Chaplain at Keswick Hall College... |
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| 2002 | 2009 | James Newcome | Translated to Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District... on 10 October 2009. |
| 2009 | 2011 | no appointment | |
| 2011 | Robert Freeman Robert Freeman (bishop) Robert John Freeman BS MA is, since 2011, the Bishop of Penrith in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle. Previously, he was the Archdeacon of Halifax from 2003 until 2011.-Education:... |
Consecrated 28 October 2011 | |
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